I guess I'll start the wpf this week since it's after 6 on friday. This week I have pics of the benchwork for my new HO shelf layout. First a pic of the bench with some structures and equipment on it.
Here's a veiw of the underside with wiring holes predrilled.
And finally a veiw through the rolling mill I kind of liked.
I took a few photos of my friend's 70 tonner on my layout. I also forested a few feet on my pass; but I haven't downloaded the photos from the camera yet; they will be up at latest, tomorrow afternoon.
Enjoy!
I already showed this on it's own thread. I don't have many pictures to show, so I'll show them again. This is a restoration project from my junk bin. They're not done yet, but they're getting there.
Before:
After:
Nice work guys! Well I don't have much to contribute. I haven't done much because of locomotive problems, but there fixed now. But my next project will be super elevating a curve on my layout. Well, half a curve. Pictures to come soon.
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I came up with these two when I wanted to see how the pics would like in B&W.
How many Athearn F7's can be run on the EZ-Command? I count five.
These pics are of an area I'm working on now.
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Lookin' good, Ty, even if it's someone else's engine. Your ground surface is great, and it blends well up to the ballast.
Chad - are you using expensive wood for the benchwork? I like the idea of pre-drilling the holes - good advance planning.
Jeffrey - I love the first black-and-white. Even though color is more what the eye sees, B/W can often display what the mind sees. In this case, an F7 with a blazing headlight puts me right back in the 1950's. And, I liked Ike.
I've been working on the trolley stop on Saint Anne Street, where the good folk of Moose Bay go to do their shopping. Here's the street in front of the Post Office:
Rotate your mind 90 degrees, and this is the same block from across the tracks, with the trolley just pulling in:
Finally, I took this shot while standing on the tracks. Yeah, I know the trolley is going to stop, so I had no fear. Of course, when you're 87 times the size of the trolley, it gives you a bit more bravado:
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I only have one photo this week, my little Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0 coming down the grade through an area I've yet to finish..
Jarrell
Mr. Beasley, the wood is some leftover cedar 1x3's and 2x2's the top is some homasote with cork already laminated to it. I think it is used for bulletin boards. Anyway I used it to save on roadbed as the whole layout will be industruial with tracks everywhere.
P.S. the cobblestones between the rails look great!
Jeffery i like the night B&W shot
Mr. B the last photo is great
Cool Switcher Ty
I finished my rock molds
And added some trees to the hill behind the Mine
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C and O Fan wrote: Jeffery i like the night B&W shot
So you can compare, here are the B&W's with their color originals.
Nice start on the rolling mill.
Jeffrey , like that B&W , I'll have to try that sometime. PM'ed you Jeffrey
MrB I'm always impressed with you scenes , like others have said your the master of cobblestones.
My contribution is a shot of the TMI shops:
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GAPPLEG wrote: Jeffrey , like that B&W , I'll have to try that sometime. PM'ed you Jeffrey
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Heres a picture of my Railbox. I am not to happy with the pictures. I tried outside and do pretty good, but not on this one. I will proabably have to take some more.
Heres my KCS car with the custom load. I still need to do some weathering on it. I thought I would show it also. I will try to get some pictures of my layout today or tomorrow also.
Thanks for the compliments! Here's some photos of my new forested area. It's on my pass, which has a 4% grade.
secondhandmodeler wrote: I don't have many pictures to show, so I'll show them again. This is a restoration project from my junk bin. They're not done yet, but they're getting there
I don't have many pictures to show, so I'll show them again. This is a restoration project from my junk bin. They're not done yet, but they're getting there
Good job on the restoration. It shows a step beyond shiney plastic kitbuilding to modeling. I have a number of my old kits that I have restored - it gets them off the shelf gatherng dust and back on the layout where they belong.
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G Paine wrote: secondhandmodeler wrote: I don't have many pictures to show, so I'll show them again. This is a restoration project from my junk bin. They're not done yet, but they're getting thereGood job on the restoration. It shows a step beyond shiney plastic kitbuilding to modeling. I have a number of my old kits that I have restored - it gets them off the shelf gatherng dust and back on the layout where they belong.
Thanks for the compliment. This was my quick and dirty method of modeling. Unfortunately, that is the only method I possess at this time. I figured I had better learn on "free" models before I try to seek funding for new models from the CFO.
The first look at my rendition of Uncle Tom's Stairway down into Yellowstone Canyon to see the Lower Falls. I walked it 3 years ago. Now that the stairway is done I can finish the canyon wall in that place and then add the trees. The basic frame is wood, the railings are .028 brass wire(did I struggle with the soldering) and the open tread is a brass etched product that comes in sheets. This is my first pure scratch build in decades. I have 7 weeks in it so far. The last pic is before the paint.
Art - What more can I say but "Wow?"
How far is the bottom of the canyon off the real floor level of the room? You're one of the few modellers that takes full advantage of the space below the layout for scenery.
Now I've finished (?) the work with my RSD-15. It was an undec and now it belonges to the Westport Terminal RR.
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This weekends project: I purchased 1/2 yard of yellow fleece from Jo Ann's. I will glue it over foam carved terrain. Once it's in place I will color it to match the backdrop. I couldn't use faux fur for N scale. Too large. The fleece is perfect and it's on sale. 2 bucks for the whole she' bang. Using Joe Fugate and the gentlemen who wrote the article that models narrow gauge that has done a lot of this for grasses, I will color the grass using different shades of Jo Ann's paint (50 cents a bottle). After it dries, the combination of water, alchohol and paint, I will comb up the grass and work light amounts of dirt into. It will need some rock outcroppings under the banks and add some brush and small trees and hopefully: Rolling California foothills, the way they look most of the year. (backdrop will continue around curve)
wedudler wrote: Now I've finished (?) the work with my RSD-15. It was an undec and now it belonges to the Westport Terminal RR. Wolfgang
That looks really nice. Who makes the model?
Great photos all.
MrB, Love the night shots. You are really having fun with night lights.
Art, Will it wind us to walk those stairs? They are impressive.
Jeff, I like the black and white.
Later, Sue
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gear-jammer wrote: MrB, Love the night shots. You are really having fun with night lights.Later, Sue
I wish I could take credit for the lighting, but it kind of comes about by accident. For one thing, there are a couple of burned-out bulbs in the ceiling that I haven't gotten around to replacing. (Yeah, it's a honey-do, but this honey didn't.) Also, the ladies are out visiting in-laws in Fort Wayne, so I get to hold down this fort myself, go to work, drink beer and do trains. Anyway, they took the camera, and the last chance I had to do a photo shoot for WPF was Wednesday evening, when it was already pretty dark. I hate using flash, because everything looks so unnatural, so I did what I could. Actually, I adjusted all of those shots and made them brighter on the computer. When it comes to lighting photos, I'm actually kind of a dim bulb.
Art - Preiser makes a figure set called "On the stairs" or something like that. All the figures are posed either climbing or descending stairs. A couple of them would clearly be in heart-attack land on your stairs, but some of the others would add some life to the scene. (Returning the favor of the "Teenage Girls" set that you pointed out to me - thanks again.)